I've always wanted to write a blog that chronicles some new adventure I embark on in my life, but I usually get so far past the beginning of said adventures, that I don't want to have to go back and write up blogs explaining the back story, so that it'll make sense. Yes, I know I could just start in the middle and not care about the back story, but the writer in me just won't allow that to happen.
So! Being that I have newly acquired a juicer as a gift to help be recreate better health in my life, now seemed like the perfect time to start a new series of blog posts featuring this latest adventure.
So... just last week I managed to get enough ingredients to attempt to make some delicious and healthy juices. Apples, grapes, kiwis, pineapple, peaches, butternut squash, carrots, bok choy, celery, romaine hearts, spinach, tomatoes and bananas.
I admit, even though I totally want the health benefits of all those veggies, I was still afraid of what they might taste like. My inner adult knew they probably wouldn't be that bad, but my inner child was scared they would taste super gross!
So I started with mostly fruity drinks. Apple-grape-carrot, peach-pineapple-butternut squash and apple-pineapple-banana-carrot. Everyone tried some and the group consensus was that all of these were yummy, even though the carrot fibers made things a little thicker than preferred.
After a week of those, some sugar rushes, lots of water and some more research, I got brave enough to try adding more green veggies.
My youngest son decided to join me. He's gotten excited about juicing with me since the first set of super yummy juices. He even helped decide that we would use carrots and grapes in this recipe. My contribution was celery, apples, lettuce and spinach. Heavy on the apples and grapes.
So we juiced up our produce and I poured a small glass to taste. It wasn't bad at all, but there was a clear celery and spinach taste that I knew no one else but be would consume, so I put in more apples to sweeten it up and over power the veggie taste. After that, it was much better, so I poured out some small glasses for everyone else to try.
My partner tried it, paused for a moment and said, "There's almost enough apple in there..."
My oldest son (who is 10) said, "It's not bad, tastes a bit like celery. Can't we make more apple-grape?"
My youngest (who is 4) tired it and immediately said, "Yuck! That is not yummy in my mouth!!" and then refused to try any further versions of it.
I'm hoping our next adventure might yield a juice that is both extremely healthy and tasty enough for the four year old taste test. Only time and experimentation will tell.
Leave a comment below and tell me about your juicing adventures and any positive recommendations you might have =)
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